Story of winning a lottery

Updated on March 26, 2016

Raja, my friend, pressed
the calling bell and as I opened the door he came in , smiled, shook my hands and said ‘Congratulation ! ’ I really could not make out what his
congratulation was all about. As we sat on the sofa he said ‘ I had thought you would not keep the matter
to yourself only, at least you would let me know !’

I got puzzled and said
‘ Raja, I don’t know what you are talking about !’

Knowing that I have a
high blood pressure he asked me to sit down and relax and then said ‘ Really ? Don’t
you honestly know that you have won the lottery ? ’I looked blank and
couldn’t resist my excitement ‘ Raja,
come on, don’t keep me waiting, please tell me what I have won ?’

‘Well my dear friend,
be patient and at first please take a deep breath.’ Then after a pause, he reminded
me of the lottery tickets which we both had bought about a month back. I looked at him and
eagerly waited to hear more.

Raja smiled and said
‘ Now listen very carefully , what I am saying is true. You have won the
first prize, yes first prize my friend and the amount is Fifty Lac Rupees.’ He spoke each word slowly and very clearly . Then
he took out a newspaper cutting from his pocket and said ‘ Look at this ticket number, I
know it is yours, it has to be , come on if you don’t believe me bring your
ticket.’

I was overjoyed, left the room and soon returned with a number of lottery tickets which I had kept
nicely in my file. Raja read out the
number and I checked the number printed on my ticket. Yes it was the exact
number !

My joy knew no
bounds, I
started to wonder what I would do with such a huge sum of money. Soon my wife
and son came. They were very excited too and my wife started phoning up all our dear and near ones to convey the news.

Mrs. Basu, the elderly lady who lived
next door, heard the news from my wife. She soon came in and congratulated me in a low voice
and asked us to close all the doors and windows. She then wanted to know whether Nandu , our
servant , was at home. On being told that he had been sent to the market about half an hour ago, she
was relieved and said ‘ Thank God, well
you must not trust a person so quickly and please be very careful these days, there are
rogues around ’, Also she advised that I must not go alone to
collect the money and once collected I should straightway deposit the money to my Bank
Account.

Raja, along with my
son and two of my uncles, both body builders, accompanied me to collect the money. I felt safe and kept on looking at the Ticket and giving it kisses.

we almost reached our
destination driving very fast all the way when , all of a sudden, all my happiness
ended in smoke. I heard Nandu calling me. I opened my eyes
to see that he was standing near my bed with a cup of tea in his hand. I was so upset to realize that
I was having a dream but why the hell he had to wake me up at a time when my dream was
about to reach its climax ! Nandu has done this in the past also – many of my
sweet dreams in the early mornings remained incomplete due to this stupid boy’s
awaking call with bed tea.

Nandu stood there for a while, presumably understood the reason of my angry look and then left , as fast as he could, after
placing the tea cup on my bedside table.

Next day I received a call from Raja just after I had my breakfast. He said he
would come and meet me after an hour and so he did. I told him about the
dream and we had a good laugh.

We went to the local
club as we normally do on Sundays. Some of our friends were already there. Mr. Brown, the Club Secretary, had a chat with
us and we all went around the clubhouse to see the renovation work being done
to the building and then returned to
the bar.

Mr.Brown took out a
list from his pocket, looked at it and then asked me if I would buy one lottery
ticket for Rs.100/- . And then he said ‘ You didn’t attend
the Club meeting last month, not only club members but outsiders are also
buying the tickets. We are having very good response from all and after paying the prize money we will have enough in our club fund and this
will help contribute towards the renovation expenses.’

Knowing that this would
do good to the club I bought the ticket straightway and some of my friends, who
had not bought their tickets earlier, followed suit.

We had a great time
in the club playing table tennis, chatting to friends and then we had some drinks and lunch too . In the afternoon, as
we were about to leave, we saw many of the members gathered outside the Secretary’s Office and also we could hear
some announcement and then Mr. Brown
called out my name on the loudspeaker asking me to hurry up and meet him.

I almost ran along
with all my friends. He smiled and congratulated me on my winning the first
prize in the draw and handed over to me Five Thousand Rupees, in cash. I was very happy to receive the prize money , it was real and I could touch and feel.

Five Thousand Rupees,
however very small amount that could be, seemed a lot to me compared to Fifty Lac
Rupees which I had won only in a dream.

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Thank you very much Kims for your kind and sweet words. I feel great and inspired.

My Best Wishes to you.

youngdubliner 5 years ago from Dublin, Ireland

enjoyed this story.. :)

Harlan Colt 5 years ago from the Rocky Mountains

I think we all have a dream or fantasy about what we would do if we won the big lotto mega millions. Nice Hub.

-Harlan

Evan T. Horizone 5 years ago from Van Buren, AR

Nice Story, its funny how things are relative , Had you not had the dream perhaps you would have been more excited at winning the five thousand . I guess winning fells basically the same regardless of size. Our imagination gets more excited at an amount that is outside our experience.

Hi Harian, how right you are ! Yes, perhaps we all have some dream or fantasy about what to do if we won huge and really huge sum of money on a lottery. Once or twice there had been occasions when I was in a world of fantasy thinking about all these and got so carried away that I jotted down in a piece of paper as to how much to invest, where to invest, how much to give on charity, what are the very expensive things that I should buy etc. etc. etc. Doesn't it sound very crazy ?

Thank you very much Evan T. Horizone . I am happy that you have enjoyed the story. Yes, you are absolutely right, I would have been more excited about winning the five thousand had I not have the dream of winning Fifty Lac rupees. Nevertheless, the joy of winning a lottery is basically the same regardless of the amount - I agree with you.

What a grand story and I am glad that you have won at the end. The amount may not be big compared to what it was in your dream, still it was a win and real as you have correctly mentioned. Very well done Kamalesh050. I have thoroughly enjoyed the story and will remember it for many years. Good Luck in everything you do.

LoL.. what a nice story i had the same dream as well about winning the lottery and i remembered i was so pissed that it was a dream, i really wish that it was true.. so i know the feeling XD... nice hub btw. ^^

jacobsterling 5 years ago from New York

nice story dude!

DJArifrocks 5 years ago from Dhaka, Bangladesh

I've never won any lottery; by the way the story of winning lottery is simply awesome....

rakhi 5 years ago

a good one and a good narration of the things. Go on with the good work

darntoothysam 5 years ago from Burnsville, MN

I actually got a few numbers right once and I won $70 US. I was excited and thought it was going to be much more. It sucks when you win but don't get much.

Priyanka Dutt - I am grateful for your comment which is so encouraging. It is a great pleasure that you have enjoyed the story.

Thank you very much.

Best Wishes,

Kamalesh

Romi 5 years ago

Loved the story. Your writing style is very lucid and I simply enjoyed reading it. Keep up the good work...I am sure oneday you are surely going to be rewarded for writing such beautiful stories. My best wishes are with you.

It's a wonderful story and I have enjoyed reading from top to bottom. Very well written with simple words and the fun element is quite good. Very interesting story with suspense all the way. Keep up your good work.

Nice hub and well written. I would've done the exact same thing if it was me, sometimes dreams like that can foretell something thats about to happen. nicely done on acting on it and hey maybe it means theres still luck to come. Best of luck

Jennie Demario - How nice of you to visit and post your kind and sweet comment. Thanks a lot my dear Friend.

Best Wishes,

Kamalesh

jose 5 years ago

enjoyed it can stop reading it its just so random

Jaspal Singh 5 years ago

Brilliant work Kamalesh050. Truly I have enjoyed the story and read twice already!! Keep writing my friend and have more dreams(Ha Ha Ha ). Well atleast you have won some money at the end ! Best Wishes to you.

Pritam - Thank you for the kind words. I am glad that you have liked the story.

Best Wishes, Kamalesh

Stardash440 4 years ago from Sharjah U.A.E

Hi! Anirika here. Do you remember me? I loved your story! It was mindblowing! I wish even I had the same incident like winning a lottery ticket! I told about this story to all my friends who were gazing at me with amazement. This story is worth a 10,00,00,000 comments!

@designbuild - Thank you so much for your kind visit and comment. Yes, dreams do come true sometimes! My friend, I am so sorry for the inordinate delay to post my comment. Wishing you a very Happy New Year!

Kamalesh

Nikita 3 years ago

Grand story. Wish all our dreams came true!!! Excellent work Kamalesh050. Wish you all the Best.

Excellent sory - Truly Excellent. There is so so much suspense and as you read you do want to know what happened next - You have written the story beautifully and I am so glad to have read it. Keep on writing . My Best Wishes to you Kamalesh!